A group of animals, prisoners, or slaves chained together in a line.
tr.v., -fled, -fling, -fles.
To fasten together in a coffle.
[Arabic qāfila, caravan, feminine active participle of qafala, to close, return.]
coffle
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cof·fle (kô'fəl, kŏf'əl)  |
n.
A group of animals, prisoners, or slaves chained together in a line.
tr.v., -fled, -fling, -fles.
To fasten together in a coffle.
A group of animals, prisoners, or slaves chained together in a line.
tr.v., -fled, -fling, -fles.
To fasten together in a coffle.
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